Ligers, tigons and liligers: All you need to know about big cat hybrids and why breeding them isn't a great idea Ligers are the offspring of female tigers and male lions.

Kuo-nan is under investigation for illegally breeding the rare, protected animals. Kuo-nan denies that he forced the animals to mate. Ligers can weigh almost 1,000 pounds in adulthood and can live ...

A liger, Zita, walks with her month ... Dollar says that any crossbreeding between big cat species is unethical and is the result of greed or irresponsible breeding.

A private zoo keeper in Taiwan is being investigated by authorities after breeding a lion with a tiger and creating two liger cubs. Huang Kuo-nan has insisted he did not mate the two animals on ...

You will not see a major liger breeding program anytime soon, however. One reason is the Association of Zoos and Aquariums frowns on interbreeding species. Beyond that, you can’t breed ligers ...

And, it's nothing new: The first known breeding of a liger in captivity likely occurred in the late 18th century. But, while these types of genetic crosses look similar, ligers and tigons (oh, my ...

Why do some people choose to breed them? According to the title character in the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite, it's for their "skills in magic." Mostly, though, ligers are either an unplanned ...

Two liger cubs were born in a private Taiwanese zoo on Aug. 15, and were confiscated by local officials later that day. The zoo's owner, Huang Kuo-nan, could face a fine up to $1,600 for illegally ...

Ligers, zorses, and pizzlies: ... “They might breed at different times of the year, or they might have behavioral differences that make them less likely to mate,” Larson says.

The liger is the offspring of a male lion (Panthera leo) and a female tiger (Panthera tigris). There is another type of lion-tiger hybrid called a tigon, which results from the breeding of a male ...